Yet the car's body is 25% stiffer than its predecessor because key parts of the frame--like the center post that supports the car body during side collisions and the roof side rail that connects the sides of the roof--are made of ultra-high-strength steel created through a process called hot stamping.
When lawyers were called in by buyers and sellers of protection on Railtrack, the owner of Britain's rail network that was forced into administration last year, they quickly brought in the industry trade body, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, to sort things out.